Bhutan, India, Morocco? I’m ready to go at a moment’s notice. Travel is my addiction, one that needs to be regularly fed. A rough and ready market in Goa, the ancient medina in Fez, an all-night wayang performance in Jogjakarta: I try to get off the well-trodden path, at least a little. Everyone claims the world’s getting smaller, but for me, travel makes it bigger and better.

Vintage Moroccan photograph, found in Marrakech–now waiting for you at the SpiceLines Popup Shop. Get a closer look at spicelines/myshopify.com. This framed photo has it all: camels saddled and ready for the long journey ahead, Bedouins in long robes and head scarves, the sepia-tinged romance of the wild and woolly desert. At home […]

Are you gardening this weekend? Then don’t miss these vintage tools: You can find them at the SpiceLinesPopUp at goo.gl/3udbFk Whether you’re a Sunday gardener, or more serious about planting that laburnum allee, having the right tools makes the chores go more smoothly. Especially when the task at hand involves digging… These vintage English garden […]

It’s easy! Just click spicelines.myshopify.com to shop the Spicelines PopUp. Among the covetable treasures on offer: This woolly red Moroccan carpet, from the Middle Atlas Mountains, circa 1950-60. It wouldn’t surprise me if an entire Berber family once cuddled for warmth on this sumptuous carpet. It’s woven of thick sheep’s wool dyed a vibrant […]

You can shop the SpiceLines PopUp anytime, simply by clicking on this link: spicelines.myshopify.com In the meantime, here’s the question of the day: Is there anything more delectable than reading in bed? (OK, you may not want to answer that…) Seriously, though, if you love reading cookbooks in bed, you’ll enjoy snuggling under the covers with […]

For your to-do list: Don’t forget the Spicelines PopUp Shop this holiday weekend! Just click the link to get there: https://spicelines.myshopify.com Amongst the many treasures you’ll find are this stack of lovely hand-loomed Moroccan shawls, woven in a small family atelier in the city of Fez. It was my first trip to Morocco, […]

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